User Guide

> (greater than) 85
> (greater than)
Availability
Flash Player 4.
In Flash 5 or later, the greater-than (
>) operator is a comparison operator capable of handling
various data types. In Flash 4,
> is a numeric operator. Flash 4 files that are brought into the Flash
5 or later authoring environment undergo a conversion process to maintain data type integrity.
The following illustrates the conversion of a Flash 4 file containing a numeric quality comparison.
Flash 4 file:
x > y
Converted Flash 5 or later file:
Number(x) > Number(y)
Usage
expression1 >expression2
Parameters
expression1,expression2
A number or string.
Returns
A Boolean value.
Description
Operator (comparison); compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is
greater than
expression2; if it is, the operator returns true. If expression1 is less than or equal
to
expression2, the operator returns false. String expressions are evaluated using alphabetical
order; all capital letters come before lowercase letters.
For more information, see “Operator precedence and associativity” in Using ActionScript in Flash.
Example
In the following example, the greater than (>) operator is used to determine whether the value of
the text field
score_txt is greater than 90:
if (score_txt.text>90) {
trace("Congratulations, you win!");
} else {
trace("sorry, try again");
}